31973R1397

No L 139/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 5 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 1397/73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 25 May 1973

fixing the reference prices for cherries for the 1973 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN periods and a reference price fixed for each of those COMMUNITIES, periods ;

Whereas the producer prices are to correspond to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ the averages of the prices recorded during the three pean Economic Community ; years prior to the date of fixing of the reference price for a home-grown product with defined Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No commercial characteristics on the representative 1035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common organi­ market or markets situated in the production areas zation of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last where prices are lowest, for the products or varie­ amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and ties which represent a considerable proportion of in particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof ; production marketed throughout the year or during part of it, and which satisfy specified requirements Whereas, under Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) as regards market preparation ; whereas, when the No 1035 /72, reference prices valid for the whole average of prices recorded on each representative Community are to be fixed each year, before the market is being calculated, prices which could be beginning of the marketing year, in respect of the considered excessively high or excessively low in whole marketing year ; relation to normal price fluctuations on the market should be disregarded ; Whereas cherries are produced in such quantities in the Community that a reference price should be Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ fixed for them ; tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ;

Whereas cherries harvested during a given crop year HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : are marketed from April to August ; whereas the quantities harvested in April and during the first twenty days of May are so small that there is no Article 1 need to fix reference prices for that period ; For the 1973 marketing year, the reference prices whereas reference prices should be fixed only for the applicable to cherries ( subheading 08.07 C of the period from 21 May to 10 August ; Common Customs Tariff, expressed in units of account per 100 kg net of packet products of Class Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation 1 of all sizes, shall be as follows : (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices are to be equal to the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each 44-6 — 21 to 31 May Member State plus an amount representing the costs — June 37-5 of transporting Community products from the — July 360 production areas to Community marketing centres ; — 1 to 10 August 27 -6 whereas the trend of average basic prices and buying-in prices should also be taken into account ; Article 2

Whereas to take seasonal variations into account, This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 May the marketing year should be divided into several 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 25 May 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

(*) OJ No L 118, 20. 5 . 1972, p . 1 . (*) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147.